No more worries about reputation!
Look only forward,
learn from broken experiments,
extract data from experience,
and charge on!
there’s no time to cry
but to try again!
6.16.2022
North Star
I am frustrated to have found myself in a confusion again.
I knew where I was headed.
I knew I did my best then.
but given the place I’ve found myself embedded,
I wonder if I had digressed too much.
I wonder if it is the same North Star that guides me up there.
but what use is it to foresee the future and such
when the fire is raging here everywhere.
I keep my head low
and listen for a wisdom hidden in river flow.
6.14.2022
Last minute
It is a hard truth I must withstand.
Everyone has an unavoidable circumstance.
So when someone cancels a meeting call
5 minutes before it is supposed to start
you just have to let it go
no matter how anxious you were a minute ago
one deep breath in, one deep breath out.
carry on.
6.13.2022
Labor
let me find meaningfulness in my work.
let me find my purpose in a human society.
let me find love in daily tasks.
let me find humbleness in my presentation.
let me find joy in diligence and resilience.
let me find gratitude for my opportunity.
6.12.2022
Communication
words seem to fail me, brother.
I might have said something too harsh unwittingly.
But all I want to say is I do care about you.
family look after each other, you know.
I do hope you will thrive,
rise through obstacles and strive in this world.
brother, it is alright to take a rest once in awhile.
try a bit of faith in me when I say:
‘I’ve got your back’
6.11.2022
Friend
I hope you manage to keep having fun.
Have that free spirit of wanderlust
those rebellious eyes, searching for trouble,
and unrelenting drive to get up again
and go for another round of fight.
But those moments of seriousness:
the sorrow, the anger, the fear;
I hope you can let them go once in a while.
I appreciate you. Not just for what you do,
but for being you.
I hope you keep having fun in this world.
It’d be good to see you again, my friend.
6.10.2022
Evolve
perhaps, as all living things must do, we must evolve.
transcend above all our inclinations,
all our predictable fallacies,
and all our habits,
and sublimate everything we have to the next level
to a level unknown before
to a level at which a hindsight of present day
would make it look so foolish.
perhaps, as all living things must do, we must evolve.
6.9.2022
Ground
small awkward pause before glancing away.
a feigned cough, and clearing of throat.
a little shift to the side of the seat.
in a library, in a zoom meeting. in a gym,
there’s a paper cut for every encounter.
is it the smell? is it the look? is it the wording?
a thought chews on another thought.
I wondered what makes a good sound,
but then I realized it didn’t matter at all
if you lose your ground.
6.8.2022
Talk
it was a good day to have a talk.
the wind blew like blue ocean waves
sweeping across green tree bushes,
scattering golden light through its paths.
air was clear, sky was spotlessly sweet blue,
river was filled with fish swimming serenely.
perhaps a perfect peace, a piece of heaven abound.
walking on this path with you
perhaps this will be one of the most memorable moment
one that I’ll cherish for a long time from now.
6.7.2022
Guidance
Dear kid,
pour your heart out. it’s gonna be alright.
With questions of friendships, identity, and self-worth,
try letting your grip soften up a little
instead of sitting in the middle of the street,
try walking, singing the song of your own anthem
beating your heart to your own rhythm
march on. be fearless.
and it’s okay to crash and fail.
it’s okay to do nothing at all.
whatever contends your heart,
try it all.
your answer may lie near you.
6.6.2022
Ralph with Coffee 
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